Source: PC Inpact While the Albis commission is experiencing an unprecedented crisis questioning its impartiality and more generally its legitimacy, the rights-owners consider only the economic realities important.
If lack of a quorum meant that the iPhone royalty could not be passed this week, it will be in a second meeting to be held on February 27 next year. Even without a quorum, it will be possible, the statutes provide that a second meeting does not require a quorum.
The calculation in this case is relatively straightforward. Orange will sell (optimistically) half a million iPhones in 2008. The fee is calcualted to be 7 Euros for the model HT 8 GB, this vote will allow them to rake in at least 3500000. It must be compelling to be able to get so much money just by raising your hand
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